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Quotation from Categories by Aristotle
“The man who blushes through shame is not said to be a constitutional blusher, nor is the man who becomes pale through fear said to be constitutionally pale”
Categories, Part 8, trans. E. M. Edghill (1928)
Aristotle separates passing bodily affections caused by emotion from lasting qualities of complexion or constitution.
Citation: "The man who blushes through shame is not said to be a constitutional blusher, nor is the man who becomes pale through fear said to be constitutionally pale" — Aristotle, Categories, Part 8, trans. E. M. Edghill (1928). (id aristotle-categories-q8)
